Jane Somerville

Jane Somerville
Jane Somerville
	Jane Somerville in her personal library (2019)
Born	Jane Platnauer
Nationality	British
Education	Queen's College, London; Guy's Hospital Medical School;
Known for	Physician to Britain's first heart transplantation (1968); Founding concept of GUCH; Idea of the first World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology; Founding the charity "The Somerville Foundation";
	Medical career
Profession	Physician
Field	Cardiology
Institutions	National Heart Hospital; Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond Street; Brompton Hospital; Imperial College;
Sub-specialties	Congenital heart defects
Awards	Gold Medal of the European Society of Cardiology; Distinguished Service Award of the American College of Cardiology;

Jane Somerville (née Platnauer; born 24 January 1933) is a British emeritus professor of cardiology at Imperial College London.

Somerville was the attending physician at Britain's first heart transplantation in 1968.^[1] She is best known for writing and researching about GUCH (grown-ups with congenital heart disease).

Jane Somerville Media

National Heart Hospital, Westmoreland Street
Jane Somerville, roof garden (2019)

References

↑ Warnes, Carole A.. Jane Somerville. Clinical Cardiology 31 (4) (April 2008). p. 183–184. doi:10.1002/clc.20279.

[Warness2008-1] Warnes, Carole A.. Jane Somerville. Clinical Cardiology 31 (4) (April 2008). p. 183–184. doi:10.1002/clc.20279.

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